Vitesse posts fiscal year profitNews & Analysis 12/31/2008 Post a commentVitesse Semiconductor said it posted a net income of $16.6 million, or 7 cents per share, on revenue of $228.5 million for the company's fiscal year, ended Sept. 30.

Cheaper iPhone on the way, says analystNews & Analysis 12/31/2008 Post a commentA lower-cost version of Apple's popular iPhone, unofficially dubbed the "iPhone Nano" by some, could be hitting stores by the second quarter of 2009, according to a Wall Street analyst.

Plastic electronics fab time cutProduct News 12/31/2008 Post a commentFabrication time for flexible electronics ranging from disposable displays to plastic solar cells could be reduced from 48 hours to 30 minutes, according to researchers.

Pure Wafer set to be acquiredNews & Analysis 12/31/2008 Post a commentWelsh reclaimer of silicon wafers, Pure Wafer, has received a bid approach from an un-named party as it revealed a pre-tax loss of £800,000 for the year to June 30, compared to a profit of £3.6 million the year before.

Intel rolls new education PCs at CESNews & Analysis 12/30/2008 Post a commentIntel Corp. will make a fresh foray into low-cost PCs at the Consumer Electronics Show in January, launching a tablet-style netbook for students as well as a personal area network technology for linking Wi-Fi devices.

Lots of jobs on offer at GigleNews & Analysis 12/30/2008 Post a commentGigle Semiconductor, a developer of home networking chips, has nine jobs on offer at its website. The positions vary from SOC designer, through embedded firmware engineer to physical design team leader.

Chip distributor inventories rising, analyst warnsNews & Analysis 12/30/2008 Post a commentThanks to weaker-than-expected shipments in November, inventories for Asian semiconductor distributors have reached far beyond desired levels, something likely to have a negative impact on overall chip shipments in the first half of 2009, according to a Wall Street analyst.

Wireless SBCs simplify connectivity and controlProduct News 12/30/2008 Post a commentNew wireless SBCs from Rabbit Semiconductor are designed to make it easy to add wireless connectivity and control to vision systems, industrial control systems, automatic meter reading devices, industrial ventilation systems and HVAC systems.

Medical giant designs in Amimon wirelessProduct News 12/30/2008 8 commentsStryker Corp., a large medical electronics company, has struck an exclusive deal to use proprietary wireless technology from startup Amimon for its operating room systems, a second major design win for the company which is the midst of a battle with multiple short-range, high bandwidth wireless technologies.

AMD adds 100 to planned layoffNews & Analysis 12/30/2008 Post a commentSeeking to cut more costs, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) has reduced its headcount by approximately 600 employees--about 100 more jobs than expected, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Nanotubes shown to boost neuron signalsNews & Analysis 12/29/2008 Post a commentResearchers explain how carbon nanotubes could someday bypass faulty circuitry in the brain, for instance curing Parkinson's disease, as well as to repair spinal cord injuries and eventually to augment and enhance cognitive functions.

DARPA chief reviews legacyNews & Analysis 12/29/2008 Post a commentThe head of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency reflected on his nearly eight years at DARPA, refuting charges the agency has tightened spending on basic research.

Samsung preps WiMax, LTE chipsNews & Analysis 12/29/2008 1 commentSamsung Electronics is expanding its portfolio of silicon for cellphones with basebands for Long Term Evolution and WiMax and media accelerators at a time when its handset division is tapping a broader set of chip vendors.

GoooogledNews & Analysis 12/29/2008 Post a commentIn the summer of 2006 Randy Katz worked on a sabbatical at Google Inc.

Spreadtrum cuts jobs, lowers forecastNews & Analysis 12/26/2008 Post a commentChina's Spreadtrum Communications Inc. has taken a number of measures to reduce its costs, including downsizing its headcount by approximately 15 percent from the third quarter level.

Notebooks surpass desktops in strong quarterNews & Analysis 12/23/2008 Post a commentAmid strong PC sales, global notebook PC shipments exceeded desktop sales on a quarterly basis for the first time ever in the third quarter of 2008, according to iSuppli Corp. forcing the market watcher to increase its 2008 PC estimates half a point.